Thoughts as Drawings

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Ilan Averbuch: Thoughts as Drawings
Published by Ilan Averbuch Studio, 2021.
Softcover, perfect bound, 8.5 x 11 inches, 124 pages
First edition of 200

Ilan Averbuch: Thoughts as Drawings brings together forty years of works on paper from the sculptor Ilan Averbuch. The book comprises over 140 color reproductions of small sketches and large drawings created between 1981 and 2020. Primarily a sculptor, the artist’s drawings have taken the backstage to his monumental public installations and works for exhibition. By concentrating on them here, the publication brings them to the fore and illuminates their role in Averbuch’s artistic practice. The large drawings are tied directly to the making of a large sculpture, often a public project proposal or commission. The artist uses watercolor, graphite and charcoal to represent his primary materials: stone, steel, wood, glass, and copper. The publication showcases sketches and large drawings for proposals never before seen by the public. Drawings of completed sculptures are juxtaposed alongside unrealized proposals, creating an archive of built and unbuilt works. The publication includes an essay highlighting the artist’s process, influences, and intentions as illustrated across the temporal and geographic span of the included works.

The book is available for purchase: https://ilanaverbuch.square.site/

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Ilan Averbuch (born in Israel) is a sculptor based in Long Island City, New York. Over the past four decades, his practice has been devoted to creating large-scale permanent public projects across the United States, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, Israel, and India. His artwork has been the focus of solo exhibitions at the Nancy Hoffman Gallery, NY; Omer Museum, Israel; Katonah Museum of Art, NY; The Open Museum, Tefen, Israel; The Jewish Museum, NY; List Art Center, RI; Ogla Korper Gallery, Toronto; Galerie Lutz Teutloff, Germany; Michael Hass Gallery, Germany; among others. His work was included in group exhibitions at Socrates Sculpture Park, NY; MoMA PS1, NY; the Brooklyn Museum, NY; DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, MA. His work is in the collections of the Tel Aviv Museum, Israel; The Israel Museum, Jerusalem; The Open Museum; and the Nevada Museum of Art. He was the recipient of the Americans for the Arts Public Art Network Award in both 2012 and 2005, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant in 2001, the NEA Mid-Atlantic Art Award in 1991, and the D.A.A.D. Award in 1986.